THE PERIODIC TABLE – QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – COMPLETE CHEMISTRY
STUDY GUIDE
Increasing Atomic Mass - (answers)When Mendeleev created the first periodic table the elements were
put in a specific order based on what?
They could use it to predict properties of unknown elements. - (answers)Why was Mendeleev's "Periodic
Table" useful to scientists?
Increasing Atomic Numbers - (answers)The "Periodic Table" we use today has the elements arranged
according to their _______
Groups - (answers)What are the vertical columns called?
Periods - (answers)What are the rows called?
That something can be hammered into thin sheets if struck, rather than having it shatter. -
(answers)What does malleable mean?
Drawn into thin wires - (answers)What does ductile mean?
luster - (answers)Metals tend to be shiny. What is another word for "shiny"?
Metalloids - (answers)The name for the elements that are found between Metals and Non-Metals along
the zig-zag line. They have characteristics of both metals and non-metals.
Transition Metals - (answers)The elements found in group 3-12 that form or make compounds with
distinctive colors. are called the ______________ ___________
STUDY GUIDE
Increasing Atomic Mass - (answers)When Mendeleev created the first periodic table the elements were
put in a specific order based on what?
They could use it to predict properties of unknown elements. - (answers)Why was Mendeleev's "Periodic
Table" useful to scientists?
Increasing Atomic Numbers - (answers)The "Periodic Table" we use today has the elements arranged
according to their _______
Groups - (answers)What are the vertical columns called?
Periods - (answers)What are the rows called?
That something can be hammered into thin sheets if struck, rather than having it shatter. -
(answers)What does malleable mean?
Drawn into thin wires - (answers)What does ductile mean?
luster - (answers)Metals tend to be shiny. What is another word for "shiny"?
Metalloids - (answers)The name for the elements that are found between Metals and Non-Metals along
the zig-zag line. They have characteristics of both metals and non-metals.
Transition Metals - (answers)The elements found in group 3-12 that form or make compounds with
distinctive colors. are called the ______________ ___________
